Senior Android Developer

Android Developer, Gurgaon

About Hive  

Hive is the leading provider of cloud-based enterprise AI solutions to power the next wave of intelligent  automation. We offer a portfolio of best-in-class deep learning models, built with consensus-validated  training data sourced and annotated by our distributed workforce of more than 2 million contributors  globally. Hive's APIs enable use cases including automated content moderation, contextual advertising,  advertising and sponsorship measurement, document parsing, and more. We process billions of API requests  per month for many of the world's largest and most innovative companies.  

Hive has raised over $120M in capital from leading investors, including General Catalyst, 8VC, Glynn  Capital, Jericho Capital, Bain & Company, Visa Ventures, and others. We have over 220 employees globally in our San Francisco and Delhi offices. 

About Role  

In order to execute our vision, we need to grow our team of best-in-class engineers. We are looking for  talented Android developers who will thrive in an autonomous engineering-driven environment. You will  take ownership of a product and have the ability to shape product direction.  

Responsibilities  

• Design and develop a delightful Android application for our users, with a focus on simplicity of use and high-performance  
• Write product-independent code and design modular APIs to be used across all of our products  
• Work across disciplines with team members from front-end, backend, design, and product  
• Help ensure we’re bug-free by writing unit-tests, and regularly communicating with our QA team  
• Actively participate in product decisions, ensuring we set reasonable development deadlines  

Requirements  

• Strong development skills with Kotlin/Java and the Android SDK  
• You have an understanding of MVP and / or MVVM  
• You understand the ins and outs of RESTful web services  
• You have experience developing, releasing, and maintaining Android applications on top of RESTful  APIs 
• You have fundamentals in OO-design, data structures, and problem solving 
• You have great communication skills and ability to work with others  
• You have experience shipping quickly and often, while still maintaining test coverage 
• You are a team player-no job is too small or too big!  

• Proven software development experience
• Proven working experience in Android
• Strong Java OOPs concepts and design patterns understanding 
• Hands-on experience on Kotlin.
• Good understanding of C and data structures, JavaScript
• Must have a good understanding of React Native or Cordova
• Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes
• Have published at least one app in the Store.
• Experience in writing SDK frameworks
• Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Knowledge of JNI, security algorithms
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Ability to design applications around natural user interfaces
• Knowledge of the open-source Android/iOS ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
• Must be proficient in code versioning tools such as Git, SVN
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies Solid understanding of the mobile development life cycle
• Good to have: Experience in working on cross-platform such as Flutter, Kony.

Principal duties and responsibilities:

• Design and implementation of automotive applications
• Analysis of customer product requirements
• Review and investigate issues in code developed by peers
• Partner closely with customers and other Cerence teams to establish and maintain clear, concise communication through regular reporting, meeting participation, and follow-up
• Adopt underlying layers for Android Automotive to run on customer hardware

Education: Bachelor/Master in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent

Minimum years of work experience: 4+ years of industry experience

Required skills:

• 4 + years’ software development experience, preferably for automotive and in connection with user interface technologies
• Experience using modern development processes/tools and developing through the complete Software Development Life Cycle
• Experiences in programing and scripting languages (JAVA, Python, Typescript)
• Experience with using source control tools like Git and CI/CD pipeline tools like Jenkins
• Experience working in / Knowledge of Agile/Scrum framework
• Experience in Android development
• Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
• Strong object-oriented analysis, design, and coding skills
• Fluent in English both written and spoken
• Strong team player and customer focus

Preferred skills:

• Good knowledge of Android Automotive platform
• Experience with VS Code
• Ability to set-up and hardware equipment in support of software development tasks (i.e. configure software on target device, connect cabling/power suppliers, etc.)

Android Developer:

Our Android stack includes Java and libGDX, the code base is designed using Clean Architecture.  It is a multi module application and supports both 'application' and 'library' project mode.

EXPECTATIONS:

● Writing efficient android code in Java and Kotlin following Clean Architecture guidelines

● Tracing, benchmarking and profiling android java code

● Familiarity with popular android libraries/methods like Dagger2, RxJava2, OkHTTP.

● Familiarity with latest android platform changes.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

● Work closely with our product and design teams to customize the Poker experience across our  vendor platforms.

● Prototype new and redesign features

● Strong coding abilities and experience with Kotlin, Java and Android SDK

● A focus on UI design principles, hardware acceleration and making games work intuitively

● Contribute best-in-class programming skills to develop highly innovative, consumer-facing

mobile products.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

● Experience of building Android applications/Games in Java or Kotlin using Android SDK (Kotlin preferred)

● Good knowledge of Kotlin, Dagger2 and RxJava2 is a great plus

● Strong understanding of object-oriented software development

● Understanding of large and complex code bases, including API design techniques to help keep them clean and maintainable.

● Programming experience using any game engine (libGDX preferred)

● Knowledge of multithreading and memory management specific to mobile devices and caching mechanisms

• 3-5 years of experience in Native Android App development (Preferably for a B2C Product)
• Proficiency in various algorithms and data structures.
• Familiar with Kotlin/Java language, and experience with Object-Oriented Design.
• Strong experience with REST APIs, storage databases, Multi-threading, performance and memory tuning.
• Good knowledge of architectural patterns such as MVP and MVVM.